How did people grow closer to one another? Perhaps all it took was one honest conversation? Yuigahama was a kind girl, at least. When faced with Hachiman Hikigaya's baseless questioning, she did not get angry—though the dead-fish-eyed boy had been fully prepared for her to fly into a rage. Yet...
"By the way, Hikki, who was that girl just now? Is she your friend?" The soft-on-the-outside, strong-on-the-inside Yuigahama remained proactive.
"No..." Hikigaya, conversation terminator, Hachiman.
"Then why was she with you..."
"..." Hachiman Hikigaya wanted to end the topic, but as someone skilled at observing humans, he knew that if he said nothing, Yuigahama would keep asking forever. "She was probably apologizing on behalf of that guy named Sogo Doma?"
"Eh, so she's a friend of Little Sogo?"
"Uh..."
"Then Little Sogo was here too just now?" Hachiman Hikigaya: "..." Was this the power of someone whose social butterfly level had maxed out?
Hey, hey, they had only met once, yet Yuigahama had already... What the dead-fish-eyed boy did not know was that the fundamental reason Yuigahama was interested in someone was him. Perhaps, to her, anyone willing to be friends with Hikki could not be a bad person?
More importantly, "Hey, Hikki, if you don't want to go over to Hayato's group, let's go find Little Sogo and hang out..." That person seemed able to make Hikki a little less withdrawn!
Hachiman Hikigaya: "..." He would rather go to Hayato's group!
"I think..."
"I remember that girl went this way, right?" Unfortunately, Yuigahama, who knew exactly what kind of person Hachiman Hikigaya was, would never give him the chance—the chance to refuse.
Saying that sounded cool, but how pitiful would Hikki be if he could only be alone even during group activities?
Since someone was willing to accept him...